In 1977 two events happened which would change
Toronto the
Good forever. The first was the brutal rape and murder of a 12
year old shoeshine boy. The second was the opening of The Eaton
Centre.
The Mall Walkers of The Eaton Centre had cleaned up a stretch of
Toronto's notorious Yonge Street strip and were chronicled in the New
York Times for having thrown out over 34,000 trouble-makers from the
mall in a single year. The Eaton Centre was Life in the City, and
the Mall Walkers were the law. But behind the glamorous fashion
and bright lights was another world the public would never see: murder,
gang brawls, sexual assault and the torching of several city blocks
linked directly to the roots of the Canadian Establishment. These
were the secrets which would eventually bring the Mall Walkers down.
A Life in the City is the true story behind the scenes following the
opening of the giant mall which would turn Toronto into a world class
city, and the secrets hidden to preserve Life in the City at any expense.

I am still taking steps
in looking for a literary agent to represent the book and market to the
mainstream publishing industry. If you would like a copy it is
available at
SMASHWORDS, APPLE iBOOKS and AMAZON (Kindle).

The book
is a true story based on experiences and events during my Life in the City while at
The Eaton Centre.

TechTown Meets Hockeytown (2010)

Henry Argasinski is currently Vice President, Property Management with
Liberty Property & Asset Management in Troy, Michigan. He has an extensive background spanning
three decades in real estate
management. His comprehensive management portfolio has included over
13 million square feet of commercial office and retail space, together
with thousands of residential units. As Director of Real Estate and
Facilities for Wayne State University Research and Technology Park in
the City of Detroit (“TechTown”) Henry successfully achieved an
outstanding overall reduction in operating expenses and successfully
turned the incubator into a profit generating venture. In recent years he has
been with Cushman & Wakefield, Inc. in Toledo as Manager over One SeaGate
complex and Fifth Third Center. Prior to Cushman &
Wakefield, he was Real Estate Manager with CB Richard Ellis and responsible for the Metro Detroit
management portfolio with major clients including Ford Motor Company and
Federal Mogul. During his tenure with CB Richard Ellis, Henry was recognized as a “Manager of
the Quarter” for the company in 2003.
He is currently an RPA designation candidate.

In 2013, Henry received BOMA's Outstanding Building of the Year
Award (TOBY) for best medical building. Standing here is Henry's
management team from Summit Property Management.

Summit Property Management Team at 2013-2014 TOBY Award Ceremony.

In 2006, Henry was an awardee of Michigan's 21st Century Jobs Fund (single awardee from Macomb
County in Michigan) for his development of the REALSCAPE Emergency Management and Life Safety
System. Henry is also known for his project work with Olympia Entertainment (including the Red Wings
and Tigers) in Detroit, and was the official provider of promotional media showcasing sponsoring
venues for the Super Bowl XL Host Committee in 2005. He has contributed his talents to local Detroit
based organizations including Create Detroit and The Heidelberg Project.
Prior to joining the management team at TechTown, Henry spearheaded
a partnership to outsource management of the Cobo Convention Center in
Detroit. As part of his involvement with homeland security, Henry was a member of
the Wayne County Homeland Security Advisory Board from 2003 to 2006. In July, 2010 Henry was
instrumental in bringing the filming of "A Very Merry Harold & Kumar Christmas"
onto the TechTown campus. While at TechTown, he negotiated what
would have been Detroit's first Best Buy location within an expanded
technology park campus, together with providing a computer into each
household in the city with school age childred, but was derailed through an unscrupulous civic
administration. He is still remembered in his hometown
of Toronto where, as an 18 year old high school student, he ran for
Mayor on a pro-development platform and placed as a surprizing runner-up
behind the popular incumbent in the election.